Wild Montana Skies Lyrics

The song Wild Montana Skies is performed by John Denver in the album named Country Roads Collection in the year 1997 .



He was born in the Bitterroot valley in the early morning rain
Wild geese over the water, heading north and home again
Bringin' a warm wind from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast, softly she did sing

Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies

His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry
He never knew his father and he never did ask why
And he never knew the answers that would make an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way

His mother's brother took him in to his family and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own
And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land
And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand

Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies

On the eve of his twenty first birthday, he set out on his own
He was thirty years and runnin' when he found his way back home
Ridin' a storm across the mountains and an achin' in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start

Now he never told the story of the time that he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a John
There was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe
There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave

Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies

Now some say he was crazy, some are glad he's gone
Some of us will miss him, we'll try to carry on
Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on

Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies

Oh, oh, oh, oh, Montana, give this child a home
Give him a love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies



John Denver - Country Roads Collection

Aug 1997

  1. Circus
  2. Catch Another Butterfly
  3. Daydream
  4. Molly
  5. Sticky Summer Weather
  6. Isabel
  7. City Of New Orleans
  8. All Of My Memories
  9. Casey's Last Ride
  10. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
  11. In The Grand Way
  12. Dearest Esmerelda
  13. Southwind
  14. Garden Song
  15. What's On Your Mind
  16. You're So Beautiful
  17. In My Heart
  18. The Mountain Song
  19. Song For The Life
  20. If Ever
  21. I'm In The Mood To Be Desired Tonight
  22. Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight
  23. Love Is The Master
  24. I Can't Escape
  25. Leaving On A Jet Plane
  26. Rhymes And Reasons
  27. Follow Me
  28. Aspenglow
  29. Sunshine On My Shoulders
  30. My Sweet Lady
  31. Take Me Home, Country Roads
  32. I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado
  33. Poems, Prayers And Promises
  34. Starwood In Aspen
  35. The Eagle And The Hawk
  36. Friends With You
  37. Rocky Mountain High
  38. For Baby (For Bobbie)
  39. Goodbye Again
  40. We Don't Live Here No More
  41. I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady's Chains)
  42. Farewell Andromeda (Welcome To My Morning)
  43. Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights In Canada)
  44. Annie's Song
  45. Back Home Again
  46. Grandma's Feather Bed
  47. Sweet Surrender
  48. Eclipse
  49. Thank God I'm A Country Boy
  50. This Old Guitar
  51. Spirit
  52. Song Of Wyoming
  53. I'm Sorry
  54. Windsong
  55. Looking For Space
  56. Fly Away
  57. Calypso
  58. Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes
  59. Like A Sad Song
  60. How Can I Leave You Again
  61. Ripplin' Waters
  62. It Amazes Me
  63. Singing Skies And Dancing Waters
  64. Thirsty Boots
  65. I Want To Live
  66. Autograph
  67. Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)
  68. Country Love
  69. Dreams
  70. Heart To Heart
  71. Shanghai Breezes
  72. Seasons Of The Heart
  73. Perhaps Love
  74. Falling Out Of Love
  75. It's About Time
  76. Wild Montana Skies
  77. Dreamland Express
  78. Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight
  79. I Can't Escape
  80. Love Again
  81. Flying For Me

Wild Montana Skies